Integra_Tour :: An Integrated Approach for the Development of Cultural and Natural Sites in Chepelare, Bulgaria and Prosocani, Greece

5744

Scan with our application for more information. Scan Barcode

You can download our application from Google Play and App Store

The customary event of “Kalogeros”

Located in Mavrolefki

The customary event of Kalogeros (meaning “good old man” in Greek) takes place in Mavrolefki on Cheese Sunday or Tyrini and came to the region along with refugees from Eastern Thrace. It is revived by a group of masquerades led by the “Kalogeros”, who visit all houses and then meet up at the square. The event also includes a tug-of-war contest and a representation of plowing and sowing. It ends with the iconic resurrection of the “Kalogeros”. The event’s roots date back to ancient rituals, during which people asked from divine powers to make the soil fertile. Nowadays, it reminds us of our dependence on nature.
Source: www.prosotsani.gr

Rate:

European UnionThe project was implemented with EU financial support

This Web Platform has been created within the framework of the Project “Integrated Tourism Approach For the Development of Cultural and Natural Sites in Chepelare, Bg and Prosotsani, Gr” (INTEGRA_TOUR), financed under the INTERREG V-A Cooperation Program "Greece-Bulgaria 2014-2020", Subsidy Contract No B2.6c.01/31.08.2017.The Project is co funded by the European Regional Development Fund and by national funds of the countries participating in the Interreg V-A “Greece - Bulgaria 2014-2020” Cooperation Programme.

The contents of this document are sole responsibility of the Municipality of Chepelare and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union, the participating countries the Managing Authority and the Joint Secretariat.